showcase cape town issue 145

Jan 2009

Welcome to the latest Showcase Cape Town, brought to you by Production Paradise. We present the very best of the South African visual media industry, its top professionals and leading creative talent, with more information available in our dedicated Photo and Film directories.

Be sure to check out our featured event:

Design Indaba Expo: February 27th - March 1st. The annual event is South Africa's premier showcase of local design across all sectors. Providing a commercial platform for home-grown designers to present local goods and services to the global market, it introduces the most influential international buyers to the finest South African creative products.

ONELEAGUE Cape Town represents top local and international photographers, illustrators, stylists and hair and make-up artists. The company is celebrating its fifth successful season and continues growing strongly. Contact the agency for electronic portfolios and quotes. Recent work includes:

The company proudly contributed to the launch of Mirage Magazine.

Guy Neveling won a silver at London International for his VW Golf R32 campaign. Recent work includes a worldwide campaign for Cotonelle and Gallus Shoes, Germany.

Gavin O'Neill did a Philips shoot in London for the new range of ladies' shavers, beauty work for Marie Claire S.A., and was named by German Maxim as one of the world's greatest photographers of nude art in a special supplement for which he shot the cover photo.

"Perhaps it's the creative freedom or the extra commitment of all involved, but on a test shoot there's often a special moment when photographer, crew and model instantly click into one amazingly focused creative unit."

To help photographers capture that magic, Freelink will always bend over backwards, pull strings and call in its markers to get special favours and the best rates.

Featured in this Showcase are images from a test Freelink recently helped facilitate for visiting Danish photographer Karna Maffait.

It has been an early start this year for First Productions. With exciting new locations and a favourable exchange rate, the company is looking forward to a busy season with both regular and new clients booked for the new year.

Latest projects include:

Gabor shot by Robert Grischek, represented by Waldmann Solar and directed by Serviceplan, Munich.

"Cape Town certainly is the place to be - the weather is fantastic and the locations are incredible!" Nomad would like to thank all the clients and crew who have made the start of this current season "so sensational!"

Looking forward and ahead to the rest of the season it has been an exciting and slick beginning for the company, with clients Otto (Germany), Gemo (France), Jupiter (UK), Dorothy Perkins (UK), Ambria (Germany) and KK Magazine (Norway) amongst those to have made the journey south to Cape Town.

The Worx Production House:
Cape Town photo production

The eagerly awaited 2009 season has kicked-off with a bang for The Worx Productions team. Not only has the company become one of the most sought-after stills production houses, it is now also being recognised for its commercial shoots. The ladies at The Worx are very excited to see what next year has in store for them.

Season highlights thus-far include:

GHD. Photographer: Dan Smith.

Next Woman. Photographer: Jonty Davis.

Next Accessories. Photographer: Jane Hilton.

Engelhorn. Photographer: Philip North-Coombes.

The Worx Production House wishes all its clients and friends a very happy and prosperous New Year!

Y Models has a small (but talented!) booking desk and a small (but hugely successful!) main board, as well as a "fantastically" successful commercial division. This diversity ensures that all clients' needs are met, from top-end girls and guys for clients with enormous budgets to good-looking "average lovelies" that cover clients with a more modest expenditure.

This is confirmed by the great start the company has had to the 2008/2009 season. With much more to come, Y Models looks forward to the second half of the year with much excitement.

South African star Jacques Naude soared in New York after a shoot for Calvin Klein and work with top photographer Bruce Weber.

Lauren Mellor, the face of FreyaLingerie, has recently returned from a successful overseas trip that included work for Agent Provocateur.

David Fox Powell is welcomed into the Outlaws stable. Well-known on the international catalogue circuit after having worked for big names including Van Gils and Jones, the company is happy to welcome him for the season.

O on Kloof Boutique Hotel:
Cape Town hotels

Olaf Dambrowski has reinvented himself yet again. His boutique hotel, nestled on the slopes of Lion's Head and overlooking the Atlantic, has been charmingly transformed with a new streamlined and sleeker look.

The black marble tiles at the front entrance combine with the water feature to lend a slightly ostentatious air, yet prove quietly enchanting as guests find their way to the covered outdoor dining area. The play between interior and exterior sets-off the industrial kitchen in which the architects have experimented with the intersection of design and graphic construction to great effect. This manifests itself in the detail and décor in each of the individually styled rooms, complete with Bose docking stations and state of the art LG plasma screen televisions.

Creature comforts can be found throughout the hotel, teasing the weary traveller into the essence of a dream where home is not home until they return to O's. Every whim is catered for, from a decadent breakfast on the sun-drenched patio overlooking the Atlantic to a leisurely swim in the indoor heated salt-water pool or treatment in the O'Spa.

With 36 "swanky" apartments, the Hyde is Cape Town's latest hot spot for Production Paradise members, conference clients and business or leisure travellers. Catering specifically to a discerning market, the Hyde delivers the small things that make a big difference in a style all of its own. The Hyde "knows how to work hard and play hard" and offers a series of individual solutions that go beyond the typical accommodation options.

With a full range of in-house services and facilities only a phone call away, guests get to run the show from their suite, the lounge or the pool deck.

Available to all guests: 24/7 ice and coffee machine, flat screen TV and complimentary ADSL in all rooms, WiFi in common areas, secure undercover parking at no extra cost, rooftop pool and gymnasium, and on-site security.

Available on request by calling in advance: casting room, meeting rooms, store room for equipment and collection, daily cleaning and laundry services, and chauffeur service.